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14th May 2020
Preston Park Recovery Centre Newsletter
Welcome to our seventh Newsletter!
We hope you are as well as can be at this present time.
We are trying to stay in contact and share information with our clients in various ways through…
This newsletter! Facebook @PrestonParkRC Instagram prestonparkrc Phone calls Emails You Tube Offering other mental health and wellbeing support in Brighton & Hove via 0808 196
1768 communityroots.org.uk We now have Zoom coffee and chat!
* If you do not wish to receive the newsletter then please let us know
We are hoping to share useful information about accessing local help and connecting with the community as well as looking after yourself and staying active.
If you would like to see specific items in the newsletter please let us know by emailing [email protected]
All staff are remotely working from home now and are trying to come up with creative ideas to reach out to our clients and offer support, activities and different ways to connect.
We would love to hear from you – have something to share? Let us know and we will put it in one of these newsletters!
If you need to contact your recovery worker
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If you don’t have their contact details you can email [email protected] or call 01273 565049
What’s online with Preston Park Recovery Centre Monday
Qigong with Claudia 11am, You Tube
Tuesday
***Coffee and Chat with Abbie 11am, Zoom, for mental health awareness week theme of Kindness***
Thai Chi with Laura 11am, You Tube
Creative Writing with Ali 3pm, Zoom
Wednesday
Art and Craft with Ali 11am, Zoom
Thursday
Calm Space with Abbie at 3pm, You Tube
Friday
***Coffee and Chat with Jan 11am, Zoom, for mental health awareness week theme of Kindness***
Friday Art with Vikki at 10:30am, Zoom
Body and Mind with Glenn 3pm, Facebook
Saturday and Sunday
Coffee and Chat with Glenn 11am, Zoom
FACEBOOK GROUPS: Arty Farty Crafty Party / Music Moves Us / Just For Laughs / Connection
Through Creative Writing
Contact your worker or email [email protected] for more details
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Mental Health Awareness Week 18th – 24th May
Next week is mental health awareness week. If you have anything you would
like to share in our ‘kindness’ edition of the newsletter then please email [email protected]
Also…
Our online videos and social media will be focusing on Kindness, plus we have two extra coffee and chat sessions
Tuesday, 11am with Abbie via Zoom – see email for link Friday, 11am with Jan, via Zoom – see email for link
See https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
for more info and resources on mental health awareness week
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Pictures from clients French marigolds and cosmos and Wildlife
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Recovery College
Brighton & Hove Recovery College is provided by Southdown as part of the Community Roots network. The College offers educational courses as a route to recovery from mental health challenges. All courses are FREE and designed and delivered by people with lived experience of mental health challenges, together with clinical staff and other professionals. In light of the current pandemic and Government guidelines, the College is unable to offer classroom-based workshops for the foreseeable future. Instead, for the upcoming Summer Term there will be a variety of online workshops to support people to manage in these current times and beyond. These will be delivered using online videoconference software called Zoom which is free to register for and download.
Starting Monday 18th May, the College will hold virtual online coffee and chat sessions, weekly games and quizzes, and art and craft sessions for students to join and become comfortable and familiar with using Zoom and interacting in this new online format. This will be a great opportunity to meet the Recovery College Team and decide whether you’d like to attend a workshop with us when the main term starts (details to follow soon).
To find out more about the Recovery College and register your 'expression of interest' by Friday 15th May
Search for Recovery College at www.communityroots.org.uk
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Simple, healthy recipe ideas
A Snack
Apple Donuts Cut an apple into rings, core and spread with peanut or seed butter.
Sprinkle with dried fruit pieces or seeds of your choice.
Enjoy!
Breakfast
Over-night oats
Place a serving of porridge oats into a lidded jar or Tupperware container.
Mix with your favourite yoghurt and some chopped fresh or frozen fruit.
Leave in the fridge over night to chill.
Enjoy the following morning for breakfast.
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DIY The handkerchief face mask:
1. Start with a handkerchief and two hair ties. Rubber bands are okay as well, although they will be less comfortable.
2. Fold the handkerchief in half, along a horizontal axis, and make a nice crease.
3. Place piece of paper towel or coffee filter at the centre of the handkerchief. Fold the top down and the bottom up, so that the coffee filter or paper towel rests in the fold.
4. Place your first elastic about one-third of the way in from the edge of the handkerchief. Place the second elastic one-third of the way in from the other side. The two elastics should be about one hand-width apart.
5. Fold the left side in toward the center and then fold the right side in toward the center, tucking the right side into the left-side flap.
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Using and taking care of your mask:
Don’t wear it at home, and don’t wear it in the car, unless you’re with people outside your regular family group. Don’t wear it more than necessary – just wear it when you’re in a public place, like a supermarket, where you might be within 6ft of people. It may not be necessary in a park or on a quiet street with few pedestrians, when you’re moving around.
Don’t remove the mask until you’re at home or in a place where you can wash your hands and avoid coming within 6ft of other people. When you do remove the mask, avoid touching the front of it in case you breathed in infected droplets that could now be there.
Remove and dispose of the paper towel insert. Place the rest of the mask in soapy water, soak it for two minutes, then wash and rinse. Any kind of soap – dish soap, laundry detergent, hand soap – will do. Then wash your hands, and disinfect with bleach or alcohol anything you touched after taking off the mask. Never reuse a mask without washing it first.
Next time you wear the mask, remember to replace the paper-towel insert.
If you have symptoms – a stuffy nose, a cough, a fever – stay inside.
Services during Covid-19 Period
Mental Health support and Crisis Helplines Mental Health Rapid Response Service (MHRRS) 0300 304 0078 The Samaritans 116 123 - Email [email protected] https://www.samaritans.org/ Sussex Mental Health line 0300 5000 101 (changing to 111 soon – calls are free to 111) https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/sussex-mental-healthline Stay Alive App – Free suicide prevention resource https://www.prevent-suicide.org.uk/find-help-now/stay-alive-app/ Sane Mental Health Helpline 0300 304 7000 http://www.sane.org.uk/
The Silver Line 55+ helpline for older people 0800 4 70 80 90. https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/
HopelineUK 0800 068 41 41 from Papyrus, prevention of young suicide. Text 07786 209 697 or Email [email protected] https://papyrus-uk.org/hopelineuk/ Switchboard LGBTQ 01273 20 40 50. Live web chat: bottom right hand corner of the website https://www.switchboard.org.uk/contact-us/ Shout – text ‘SHOUT’ to ‘85258’ a Texter will be put in touch with a trained Crisis Volunteer
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No Panic support individuals experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, OCD and phobias charged at local rate. 0844 967 4848, they also have a youth line 0330 606 117 Extremely vulnerable people https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-extremely-vulnerable You can register yourself, or on behalf of someone else. Tel: 01273 293 117 Foodbanks
https://bhfood.org.uk/resources/referring-to-a-food-bank/ Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project 01273 601 211.
Bevendean Food Bank – Church Hall, Norwich Drive, 07449 464695 or [email protected]
Moulsecoomb Children & Families Centre – Hodshrove Lane, 01273 294040 or [email protected]
Whitehawk Food Bank – St. Cuthman’s Church, Whitehawk Way, 07941 397648 or [email protected]
Roundabout Children’s Centre – Whitehawk Road, 01273 290300 [email protected]
East Brighton Food Coop – Bristol Estate Community Hall 146a Donald Hall Road, 01273 675 741 or email [email protected] https://www.eastbrightonfoodcoop.uk/
The Vale Community Centre Food Bank – 17a Hadlow Close, 01273 571573 [email protected]
Salvation Army Hove Food Bank – 07551 572205 or [email protected]
Hangleton & West Blatchington Food Bank – St. George’s Church Hall, Court Farm Road, 07990 631892 or [email protected]
The Purple People Kitchen – Portslade Town Hall, Victoria Road, 07789 765933 [email protected]
Shoreham Food Bank – St. John Ambulance building, 07708 384906 [email protected]
Brighton Food Bank – Calvary Church, Stanley Road 01273 695330 [email protected]
Faith Alive Ministries Food Bank – The BMECP Centre, 10a Fleet Street, 07796716753 or [email protected]
Voices in Exile – St. John the Baptist Parish Hall, 2 Bristol Road [email protected] or call advice line on 01273 082105
Tarner Children’s Centre – Ivory Place, 01273 296700 or [email protected]
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Fresh Start Community Association 131 Lewes Road, 01273 602157 [email protected]
Mutual Aid Vegan Food Bank – The Cowley Club, 12 London Road 01273 696104 for The Cowley Club or [email protected] Free or low cost meals The Real Junk Food Project St Luke’s Church, 64 Old Shoreham Rd, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 12:00-13:45 OR Hollingdean Community Centre, Thompson Road, Thursdays, 12:30-13:45 The Bevy 01273 281009
East Brighton Food Coop Ring 01273 675 741 or email [email protected]
Sussex Homeless Support are still offering a socially distanced street meal and St Mungo’s are coordinating services for this community 0300 500 0914 Together Co. Tel: 01273 775888 Service offered: To those already part of the befriending service and new referrals The Old Boat Community Centre: [email protected] 07809 829734
Withdean & Westdene Local Action Team Contact: Michael Whitty Tel: 07710 521214 Service Offered: Anytime
The Friends of Westdene Green Email: [email protected]
Java Community Café Email: [email protected] Tel: 01273 308840 Service offered: Mon-Fri: 8m-3pm, Sat: 8am-1pm, Sun: 9am-1p Financial Support Moneyworks . https://www.bht.org.uk/services/legaladvice/brighton-advice-centre/moneyworks/ 0800 9887 037 01273 809 288 Money Advice Plus https://www.moneyadviceplus.org.uk/ 01273 664 000 [email protected] Advice for people who rent their home https://acorntheunion.org.uk/coronaviruslatest-information-for-renters/ Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-op https://bhesco.co.uk/contact Domestic Abuse Helplines RISE 01273 622 828, or contact online via the Portal http://theportal.org.uk/ open 9am – 5pm, Monday –Friday. And every Wednesday until 8pm. National Domestic Violence Helpline Help 0808 2000 247 The Men’s Advice Line, service for male domestic abuse survivors 0808 801 0327 National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline 0800 999 5428
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BrightSky is a free to download mobile app, The app downloads as a weather app, once pressed for 2 seconds the interface changes and domestic abuse support is available. Survivor’s Network – Sexual violence and abuse service 01273 203380 Mankind: 01273 911680 Support for men who have been sexually abused. www.mankindcounselling.org.uk The Saturn Centre 01293 600469 (9am – 5pm) www.saturncentre.org.uk Services to women and men who have been raped or sexually assaulted. We hope this information is useful but if you need different contact details please contact us
We will send another newsletter out next week
Stay well and stay in touch
Best wishes
Your Preston Park Team